Bruce Allpress

AKA:

0.4138

1930-08-25

Auckland, New Zealand

Biography

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {26}

'Cappy' Shuster

2003-05-02 3.5

Cave In

When a cave in threatens the lives of four miners, including a father and son, it becomes a fight for survival. The superintendent (Mimi Rogers) struggles against the ticking clock to save her crew an ...

Genre :Action, Drama, TV Movie, Adventure

Mr. Ridley

1990-08-31 5.53

The Shrimp on the Barbie

Carlos has failed in show-biz and currently works as a waiter in a Mexican restaurant. There he meets Alex and dumb footballer Bruce celebrating their engagement with her parents. Alex' father is less ...

Genre :Comedy, Romance

Jock McGowan

2007-12-25 6.535

The Water Horse

A lonely boy discovers a mysterious egg that hatches a sea creature of Scottish legend. ...

Genre :Family, Adventure, Fantasy

Sam

1993-04-13 6

Adrift

Katie and Guy take a sea cruise in their sailboat and discover a couple on a wrecked boat, victims of a brutal attack by their crew. They take Eliza and Nick on board. The new boarders appear nervous ...

Genre :Mystery, TV Movie

Hec Crene

1997-03-28 5

The Rainbow Warrior

Peter Wilcox, as skipper of the 'Rainbow Warrior', a Greenpeace ship, docks in Auckland, July 1985, preparing for a protest against French nuclear testing in the south pacific. When a bomb rips ope ...

Genre :TV Movie, Drama

Detective Sam Keith

1980-01-31 6.5

Beyond Reasonable Doubt

A docu-drama covering one of the most famous cases in New Zealand history, the murder of Harvey and Jeanette Crewe in 1970. ...

Genre :Drama

Mr Maxwell

2011-11-24 6.5

Rest for the Wicked

Ex-cop Murray(Tony Barry), is compelled to come out of retirement for one last case, when he finds out his old nemesis Frank (John Bach) is now in the Knightsbridge Gardens Retirement Village. In orde ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

Blind Piano Tuner

1993-05-18 7.375

The Piano

When an arranged marriage brings Ada and her spirited daughter to the wilderness of nineteenth-century New Zealand, she finds herself locked in a battle of wills with both her controlling husband and ...

Genre :Drama, Romance

Inspector Calwell

1982-11-12 6.7

Bad Blood

During World War 2, a farmer in New Zealand murders seven people. The police, along with local Maori trackers, hunt him in the bush country. ...

Genre :Thriller, Drama

Neville Oswald

1985-01-01 6

Should I Be Good?

Based on actual events surrounding a New Zealand drug scandal that involved the murder of Martin Johnstone of the UK, in the early 1070's. Johnstone had been dubbed "Mr Asia" by international police w ...

Genre :Crime

Aldor

2002-12-18 8.411

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Frodo Baggins and the other members of the Fellowship continue on their sacred quest to destroy the One Ring--but on separate paths. Their destinies lie at two towers--Orthanc Tower in Isengard, where ...

Genre :Adventure, Fantasy, Action

Mr. Blake

1983-11-18 6

Nate and Hayes

Nathaniel Williamsen is taken to an island mission with his fiancee Sophie. Their ship, the Rona, is captained by the roguish Bully Hayes, who also takes a liking to Sophie. When Sophie is kidnapped b ...

Genre :Action, Adventure

Rick Rowdy

2016-11-21 0

Pike River

On the 19th of November 2010, the Pike River mine exploded with 31 men trapped inside. In the immediate confusion that followed no one knew what had happened. Within hours two men would manage a heroi ...

Genre :Drama, Documentary

Charlie Foster

2006-09-20 4.5

Ozzie

Ozzie is a young koala living in Australia. He is kidnapped by two goons (Buzz and Tank) who work for Max Happy, president of Happy Toys. Legend says that Ozzie speaks English and Max wants to clone O ...

Genre :

Uncle Athol

1982-04-30 5.2

The Scarecrow

The same night as a girl is slain in the woods, the teenagers Sam and Les are robbed of all of their hard earned hens. In the quest for their hens they cross the murderer's path. ...

Genre :Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller

Frosty Man

2010-02-21 8

Frosty Man and the BMX Kid

In this short James Rolleston (Boy) stars as a Kiwi lad who banters with an elderly bearded fulla (Bruce Allpress) who claims to be God; the 'BMX Kid' challenges him to a Lake Wakatipu bomb competitio ...

Genre :Comedy, Adventure

1985-05-21 6.8

The Ray Bradbury Theater

A Canadian-produced fantastic anthology series scripted by famed science-fiction author Ray Bradbury. Many of the teleplays were based upon Bradbury's novels and short stories. ...

Genre :Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama

Master Phant

1993-08-28 7.093

Power Rangers

A team of teenagers with attitude are recruited to save Angel Grove from the evil witch, Rita Repulsa, and later, Lord Zedd, Emperor of all he sees, and their horde of monsters. ...

Genre :Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Kids

2009-09-24 5

The Cult

The Cult is a New Zealand serial drama television series in which a group of people try to rescue their loved ones from a mysterious cult called Two Gardens. The Cult held the 8:30-9:30 spot on TV2 i ...

Genre :Drama

Skouros

1995-01-29 6.954

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

The legendary son of Zeus journeys across the earth fighting monsters and helping people. ...

Genre :Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Phidias

1995-01-29 6.954

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

The legendary son of Zeus journeys across the earth fighting monsters and helping people. ...

Genre :Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Skouras

1995-01-29 6.954

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

The legendary son of Zeus journeys across the earth fighting monsters and helping people. ...

Genre :Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Old Man

1995-01-29 6.954

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

The legendary son of Zeus journeys across the earth fighting monsters and helping people. ...

Genre :Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Enos

1995-01-29 6.954

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

The legendary son of Zeus journeys across the earth fighting monsters and helping people. ...

Genre :Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Septus

1995-01-29 6.954

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

The legendary son of Zeus journeys across the earth fighting monsters and helping people. ...

Genre :Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Peter Grundy

1987-11-01 7

Erebus: The Aftermath

A four-part miniseries about Air New Zealand Flight 901, which crashed in Antarctica in 1979. ...